The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
s1lor1N coUI.rArAsn1.AN OHIO,
During tho Trial Of a Libel Suit Saturday,
Dir. ". IL. Reynolds Killed Under .sensa. I
,ti9nnl iCircumstanoss By n Man who y
Had m Old drudge Against Him.

Saturday. forenoon VIII. Reynolds, cd.
itor Of the Ashland, Ohio, Times, wu shot
by Jsmes Mason at Nankin, Ohio, four
mllea from Ashland, and killed. The
shooting was very sensational, occurring in
a justice Of the peace's Office during trial
IN which both were Interested. s'Sgf
Reynolds waa torty.throe years old and
WAS oacs citizen Of Wheeling and on en-.
ployo Of tho ISTELLioEHcER, office. He
was a native Of s!eubenvllle, and print.
or. During Andrew Johnson's ndminia.
tra.ion he was / appointed as q railway
mall agent and served ueveral yenru on the
run from Pittsburgh to Indianapolis over
the Pan Handle. : In 1878 ho was tranr.
fsrred to tho run from Grafton to Newark
over tho 3, & o., and ran on that route
until 'S3, when he bought the Ashland
Times. He was we'll known hero and in
this vicinity, and WAS very popular among
his acquaintance, who will be sincerely
panied to hear OF his death. JFi
He was q cripple from wound received
at Kenesaw Mountain. When eighteen
yearn Of age hs enlisted In Company Z,
Filty.aecond o. V. l., ind was with that
regiment until diaabled. Hs was aged 43,
! Tho shooting grew out Of an old grudge.
Mason, who Ian general agent for u stereo.
Ecop!c view firm, had secured note
agGiEs! one Elias Luiz OF NGnkin, and
had had the same transferred to him by
his BROTHER, O. D. Dilaon. Suit was
Brought to recover tho amount OF the
note, which was $50 so. It was claimed
| by Lutz that tho note was fraudulently
gotten, and Reynolds, tho murdered man
had taken up the nido Of Luz In the mat
ter, and published several Articles in the
Times regarding 1t. During the hearing
Of the sultsgoinst Lu.z, Reynolds was as
lseulted by CD. Mason With chair. He
defended himself with his cane, when
Jaules Mason, who was on the witness
latand, deliberately pulled 3Scaliber re-
volver from his pocket and fred two shots
Ia quick succession at Reynolds. Rey
nolda throw up his hands and sank to The
iiuur, crying MY God, ho has shot mol
| He expired In abou! fifteen minutes.
"A large and angry crowd gatherst
about Mason and hustled him down thu
village street, Loud cries OF Lynch
him Lynch him u were heard, and grave
feers were entertained Tor Msson's life
BY timely intercession the crowd wa!
prevailed upon to lot tho officers TAKE
!chargs Of the culprlt, and Mason was i'm
medistely taken to Ashland, whers hi
was lodged in jsil. Isl,
The feud has existed between tho Nd
sons and Reynolds for some two years pnat
and at the time Of the trial G., D. Masol
had libel suis pending against ReyEold
10. $1,000. Reynolds was. bold and fear
less, aud made many friends and enemis'
lby!his mode Of con Quoting the Times. Rey
nolds wss married aud had one daughter
James Mason 10 q young man, thirty year
old and alnglc. He has always borne a,
unblsmiHhed reputation, and has atoo,
high in society circles. He had no in
terest in the case beyond that Of sympa
thy for his brother. The caue lookn BAT
for Mason, .sZg5s p; 55l',s * ~ Y